Hacker News: willvk

A Mysterious Signal Transfixes Radio Sleuths and Intelligence Experts

willvk — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:18:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rferl.org/a/mystery-numbers-station-persian-signal-iran-war/33700659.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47331713

Points: 4

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New comment by willvk in "Spherical Snake"

willvk — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:06:59 +0000

Great to see someone thinking outside the box.

Cycling vs. Running: A Debate on Claude

willvk — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:06:41 +0000

Article URL: https://claude.ai/share/d82f34e8-fc81-4097-aadb-9fc44bfc1f6a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44581292

Points: 1

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New comment by willvk in "Decoding the telephony signals in Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'"

willvk — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:34:22 +0000

Not sure if it's been mentioned but 1831 on a keypad makes a triangle, or a prism, if you will.

Beijing's app collecting information from Belt and Road companies

willvk — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:07:02 +0000

Article URL: https://aspi.org.au/opinion/exclusive-inside-beijings-app-collecting-information-belt-and-road-companies

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41739813

Points: 1

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Kdenlive

willvk — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:19:28 +0000

Article URL: https://kdenlive.org/en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41668462

Points: 2

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Switching off inflammatory protein leads to longer, healthier lifespans in mice

willvk — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:37:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717120907.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41006449

Points: 6

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Governments agree to ban the export of quantum computers

willvk — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:56:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/multiple-governments-around-the-world-have-secretly-agreed-to-restrict-the-export-of-quantum-computers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40914603

Points: 2

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A new music device that turns EMFs into demonic sounds

willvk — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 02:47:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.musicradar.com/news/eternal-research-demon-box

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40665428

Points: 1

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Astronomers discover a powerful source of energy that pulses every 18 minutes

willvk — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 04:20:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-01-27/astronomers-discover-mysterious-object-in-the-milky-way-galaxy/100774556

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30096166

Points: 6

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Giant googly eyes appear around Adelaide

willvk — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:39:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-18/googly-eyes-keep-appearing-around-adelaide/100763332

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29974351

Points: 1

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Observing the radio sky with PICTOR [pdf]

willvk — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 22:34:18 +0000

Article URL: https://pictortelescope.com/Observing_the_radio_sky_with_PICTOR.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29364267

Points: 2

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Troubleshooting a Vim Dotnet Plugin

willvk — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:40:36 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.seso.io/posts/troubleshooting-a-dotnet-vim-plugin/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22341283

Points: 1

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New comment by willvk in "How Inuit parents teach kids to control their anger"

willvk — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:52:05 +0000

This is the best and simplest description I have seen of parenting. Do no get emotional. Describe, explain, reason, rationalise. Beautiful. Such timeless advice.

New comment by willvk in "Character by character TTY input in Unix, then and now"

willvk — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:08:40 +0000

Happy to be wrong on this and good to know it did exist before x86. Thanks for the replies.

New comment by willvk in "Character by character TTY input in Unix, then and now"

willvk — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:42:17 +0000

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that protected mode existed in old Unix systems and so was not delineated between user space and kernel space as described.

Protected mode and the separation of kernel and user space was only available since 80286 processors starting in 1982.

Refs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_space

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_mode

New comment by willvk in "Creating a Fibonacci Generator in Assembly"

willvk — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:11:00 +0000

Thank-you for your kind words about the post. That was what I was trying to do with it - to break down some of the nebulous fear that beginners have with assembly. Cheers!

New comment by willvk in "Creating a Fibonacci Generator in Assembly"

willvk — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:08:27 +0000

Thanks for reading, and thanks for the feedback! That's a good tip on the passive/active voice. I did actually think about standardising that but let it (unfortunately) slide as I thought I would go from my initial thinking to more instructional but that's probably not as effective and engaging to the reader the whole way through. Will remember that tip for my next post! Thanks again!

New comment by willvk in "Creating a Fibonacci Generator in Assembly"

willvk — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 23:25:55 +0000

I didn't know you could do that with lea. That's pretty cool!

New comment by willvk in "Creating a Fibonacci Generator in Assembly"

willvk — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 08:24:46 +0000

That's some very concise code golf! It would be interesting in seeing how Forth compiles this under the hood.